Sherlock31

My money is on Yankees. 

Having fellow Japanese Kuroda and Suzuki on the team is a big plus. 

1987, Wally world brought me on board

What do you want Dipito to do?

His hands were all tied up by Pujols. Hamiton and Wells' contracts.

If you are the GM what can you do with limited budget, a depleted farm and many many holes(2 SP, 3rd, bullpen) to fill?

If he can still throw at 92 mph, Why not? It could be a low risk high reward signing.

Hey! Don't get mad! There is a rule here in which every other Japanese pitchers had followed.

The rule is in order to jump ship from NPB to MLB，you have to play at least 9 years in the NPB，I think this is only Tanaka's 6th or 7th year in the NPB，so Rakuten has every rights to keep him for 2-3 more years.

There is not much Tanaka can do，a rule is a rule.

Maybe he doesn't like the NY tax

What are those ppl smoking today?     

This really surprised me, I thought they wouldn't post Tanaka this year, since they just won the NPB ，they would make a lot more than 20 mil with Tanaka around.